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SDF prepares to resume civilian evacuations from last ISIS redoubt in Syria

The SDF prepared to evacuate more civilians from Baghuz, the last ISIS stronghold in Syria, after evacuating almost 3,000 people including hundreds of fighters over the past 48 hours

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Around 200 US “peacekeeping” troops will stay in Syria

The US military will keep around 200 "peacekeeping" troops in Syria, the White House said, weeks after President Trump announced US forces would withdraw

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French ISIS fighter Fabien Clain targeted in overnight airstrike in Syria

A French ISIS fighter who became notorious after claiming responsibility for the November Paris 2015 attacks was killed in an airstrike

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Alliance between SDF and Syrian regime is “very far away,” senior Kurdish official Salih Muslim says

Senior Kurdish politician Salih Muslim said a military partnership between the SDF and the Assad government is “very far away” and will depend on a negotiated political solution

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ISIS ‘caliphate’ in Syria cut to 4 square km, SDF commander says

ISIS's once-sprawling "caliphate" has been reduced to a four-square-kilometer pocket of territory in eastern Syria, an SDF commander said

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Coalition investigates possible civilian casualties in Syria’s Middle Euphrates River Valley

The US-led Coalition against Islamic State said it was investigating possible civilian casualties in Syria's Middle Euphrates River Valley

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SDF closes on last ISIS redoubt in Syria as YPG set for Damascus talks “within days”

The US-led Coalition-backed SDF closes in on the last pocket of ISIS territory in eastern Syria, as the YPG commander says talks with the regime on northern Syria are imminent

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ISIS targets Coalition-SDF convoy in Hasakah suicide attack

US-led Coalition and SDF personnel were reported to be killed and injured in a suicide attack on a convoy in northeastern Syria's Hasakah governorate

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France to continue military operation in Syria and Iraq in 2019, Macron says

France will remain "militarily engaged" in the Middle East through 2019 despite the U.S. 'retreat' from Syria, President Emmanuel Macron said

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SDF ready to support northern Syria security zone with international guarantees

The SDF announced its readiness to support a safe-zone to protect northeastern Syria “from the danger of genocide” and “foreign intervention"

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